4th Annual Pacific Invasives Learning Network Meeting

Hawaii Invasive Species Council Brownbag Series: no.1

The Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) connects these Pacific professionals to share knowledge, expertise, tools, and ideas. Multi-disciplinary project teams can work together on strategies with critical input from other teams and experts, resulting in a common vision and a plan for effective conservation action.

What is PILN?

The PILN mission is: to empower effective invasive species management through a participant-driven network that meets priority needs, rapidly shares skills and resources, provides links to technical expertise, increases information exchange, and accelerates on-the-ground action.

4th Annual Regional Meeting•  Unique opportunity to share invasive species

knowledge with regional partners in the Pacific•  Held in Lepa, Samoa 8/1/16 - 8/5/16•  18 Different Countries in attendance•  Launch of three tools for Invasive Battlers•  Cultural protocols•  Individual country updates•  Workshops•  Fieldtrip

Samoa

Apia

Lepa

CRBDamageatalocalmarinereserve

RidingthebustoLepa

TheMee=ng

New tools to help regional managers

– Battler Resource Base•  Searchable knowledge resource database

– Pacific Invasive Ant Toolkit www.piat.org/nz – Pacific Invasive Species Battler Series

•  How-to guides for practical action

http://www.sprep.org/piln/resource-base

Battler Resource Base•  Guidelines•  Documents

•  Case-studies•  Reports

PacificInvasiveAntToolkit

•  Iden=fica=on•  Preven=on•  Assessment

•  Control•  AssistanceResources•  Outreach

BaElerSeries

•  Awarenesscampaigns

•  Economicanalysis

•  Marineinvasivesinmarine

managesareas

•  Usingonlinedatabases•  Na=onal&territorialIS

strategies

•  Mynabirds

•  EDRR•  Safeuseofrodentbaits•  Rateradica=ononsmall

islands

Country Updates•  Samoa–ForestResilience•  AmericanSamoa–Ants,invasivetrees,

mynabird

•  Fiji–Eradica=onandbiosecurity•  FrenchPolynesia–Invasiveplantcontrol,LFA•  Kiriba5–Mynaeradica=on,yellowcrazyant

control

•  Hawaii–Albiziamanagement

•  Kosrae–RainbowtermiteandotherIS

•  MarshallIslands–IScontrolefforts•  NewCaledonia–Deercontrol•  Niue–FeralPigcontrol•  SolomonIslands–AfricanSnail,CRB•  Tokelau–ISinTokelau•  Tonga-Rodent•  Vanuatu–LFAandbiocontrol

•  WallisFortuna–Albiziamanagement

•  FederatedStatesofMicronesia–ISeffortsinYap

Workshops•  Small Island Rat Eradication Workshop•  Pacific Ant Toolkit•  Social Marketing and Behavior change•  Biocontrol workshop

Fieldtrip Day

Vailima Botanical Garden

AleipataMarineProtectedArea

Other observations

Pau